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`EXHIBIT 1080
`EXHIBIT 1080
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`____________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`____________
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`AMERICAN NATIONAL MANUFACTURING INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
`f/k/a SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
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`____________
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
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`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`DECLARATION OF KYLE L. ELLIOTT IN SUPPORT OF
`PETITIONER’S AMENDED OPPOSITION TO PATENT OWNER’S
`MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY AND OTHER
`MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF
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`1
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`WA 13641476.1
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`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
`Exhibit 1080
`IPR2019-00514
`Page 1
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`I, Kyle L. Elliott, declare and state as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an attorney with the law firm of Spencer Fane LLP. I represent
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`Petitioner, American National Manufacturing, Inc., in the above captioned
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`proceeding. I make this Declaration in support of Petitioner’s Amended Opposition
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`to Patent Owner’s Motion for Additional Discovery and Other Miscellaneous Relief.
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`I am above eighteen years of age, of sound mind, and if called to testify I could and
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`would competently testify hereto. I make this declaration of my own personal
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`knowledge.
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`2.
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`According to Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (“Dun & Bradstreet”), Dun
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`& Bradstreet is a nationally recognized company that provides commercial data,
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`analytics, and insights for businesses.1 One of Dun & Bradstreet’s services is
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`providing company financial profiles—these profiles are based on public
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`information for those entities that are publically traded, and estimates for non-public,
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`private entities.2
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`1
` See, e.g., generally, https://www.dnb.com/about-us.html (last visited Oct. 3,
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`2019) and
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`https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1115222/000111522218000004/a201710
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`-k.htm (last visited Oct. 3, 2019).
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`2 Id.
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`2
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`WA 13641476.1
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`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
`Exhibit 1080
`IPR2019-00514
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`3.
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`Attached as Exhibit 1041 is a true and correct copy of a screen capture
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`of relevant portions from the Dun & Bradstreet website containing the financial
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`profile of Sleep Number Corporation.3
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`4.
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`Attached as Exhibit 1042 is a true and correct copy of a screen capture
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`of relevant portions from Dun & Bradstreet website containing the financial profile
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`of American National Manufacturing, Inc. 4
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`5.
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`Attached as Exhibit 1043 is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff’s First
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`Supplemental Responses to Defendants’ First Set of Interrogatories (Nos. 1-9)
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`served December 21, 2018 in the matters of Case Nos. 5:18-cv-00356 and 5:18-cv-
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`00357 in U.S. District Court Central District of California Eastern Division.
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`3 Available at https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-
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`profiles.american_national_manufacturing_inc.463aa81e02fa57789eafb831271f3d
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`41.html?sitespectflag=TRUE&imok=hoovers&aka_re=1 (last visited Oct. 3,
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`2019).
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`4 Available at https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-
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`profiles.american_national_manufacturing_inc.463aa81e02fa57789eafb831271f3d
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`41.html?sitespectflag=TRUE&imok=hoovers&aka_re=1 (last visited Oct. 3,
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`2019).
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`WA 13641476.1
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`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
`Exhibit 1080
`IPR2019-00514
`Page 3
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`6.
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`Attached as Exhibit 1044 is a true and correct copy of the Joint
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`Stipulation dated August 29, 2018; 5:18-cv-00357, Dkt. No. 89.
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`7.
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`Attached as Exhibit 1045 is a true and correct copy of the October 19,
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`2018 letter from Jaspal Hare to Elizabeth Patton regarding discovery deficiencies.
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`8.
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`Attached as Exhibit 1046 is a true and correct copy of Sizewise’s Initial
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`Comment Supporting Vacatur dated April 3, 2018; United States International Trade
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`Commission, 337-TA-971.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
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`America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Date: October 3, 2019
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`By /s/Kyle L. Elliott .
`Kyle L. Elliott, Reg. No. 39,485
`Spencer Fane LLP
`1000 Walnut Street, Suite 1400
`Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2140
`Telephone: (816) 474-8100
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`4
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`WA 13641476.1
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`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
`Exhibit 1080
`IPR2019-00514
`Page 4
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned hereby certifies that a copy
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`of the foregoing DECLARATION OF KYLE L. ELLIOTT IN SUPPORT OF
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`PETITIONER’S AMENDED OPPOSITION TO PATENT OWNER’S MOTION
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`FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RELIEF
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`and its cited exhibits not currently of record were served in its entirety on October
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`3, 2019, by electronic mail, as authorized by Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices,
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`directed to the attorneys of record for Patent Owner at the following correspondence
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`address of record:
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`Steven A. Moore
`Steve.moore@pillsburylaw.com
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`PILLSBURY WINTHORP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
`501 West Broadway, Suite 1100
`San Diego, CA 92101
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`Luke Toft
`LToft@foxrothschild.com
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`FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
`Campbell Mithun Tower, Suite 2000
`222 South Ninth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`Kecia J. Reynolds
`kecia.reynolds@pillsburylaw.com
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`PILLSBURY WINTHORP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
`1200 Seventeenth Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20036
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`5
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`WA 13641476.1
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`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
`Exhibit 1080
`IPR2019-00514
`Page 5
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`Date: October 3, 2019
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` /s/Kyle L. Elliott .
`Kyle L. Elliott (Reg. No. 39,485)
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`Attorney for Petitioner
`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
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`6
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`WA 13641476.1
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`American National Manufacturing, Inc.
`Exhibit 1080
`IPR2019-00514
`Page 6
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